Grease is about to come roaring back with a small screen version called Grease: Rydell High, named after the high school in which the 1978 movie was based.
With Summer Loving, a big screen prequel to the musical also in the pipeline, WarnerMedia Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt revealed Tuesday that a spin-off series based on the musical is in the making.
Like the original, the updated story will explore teenage angst and peer pressure, the horrors of puberty and life in Middle America.
It will also feature some of the original songs as well as hits from the 1950s, Greenblatt told delegates at MIPCOM, the world’s biggest entertainment market in Cannes, France.
“We’re going to reinvent it as a musical series, with some of the music of the show, some of the characters. We’re going to build out the world of the show that everybody loves… into a big, fun rock ‘n’ roll musical,” he added.